NEFF v. LASSO


382 Pa.Super. 487 (1989)

555 A.2d 1304

Janice A. NEFF, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of William L. Neff, Appellant, v. William LASSO, Jr. and G. Thomas Pasquariello, T/A Pasquariello's Auto Shop Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Huber, Allentown, for appellant.

James D. Rawlings, II, Bethlehem, for Lasso, appellee.

William P. Exaros, Bethlehem, for Pasquariello, appellee.

Before TAMILIA, KELLY and HESTER, JJ.


KELLY, Judge:

The sole issue on appeal is whether a wife may recover against a tortfeasor for serious emotional distress caused by shock and fear for her husband who was fatally injured in an automobile accident, where the wife visually observed her husband's vehicle being followed by defendant's speeding vehicle, heard the impact between her husband's pickup and defendant's automobile and arrived on the scene immediately thereafter to find her husband lying unconscious...

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